“…Lead as an environmental pollutant and classic toxic agent remains at the center of the attention of ecologists, toxicologists, hygienists, morphologists, and clinicians from different areas of medicine and biology [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 10 ]. This is evidenced by the fact that for within comparatively short period, the amount of this potentially toxic chemical substance increased dozens, and even hundreds, of times in the environment and has become a global issue [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 26 ].It is known that rats treated with 0.1% w/v lead acetate exhibit demyelination, collagenous scar formation, and neuronal atrophy in the hippocampal region. This treatment induces oxidative stress, which plays a crucial role in the brain damage of observed animals [ 27 ].…”